Probing Gaze looked out the window.
If he'd answered immediately, I'd have changed my mind, Scratching Wolf thought. A person who doesn't examine his motives is one who doesn't care what they are.
“I understand your reservations, Lord Wolf,” Probing Gaze said. “Several factors would affect my loyalty, but all those factors would have to change before my loyalty made such a shift.”
“See that they don't, Lord,” Scratching Wolf replied. “Consider these facts as well: First, of every ten spies we send across the border, one turns rogue. Second, of those ten, six die during the first year. Third, only one in a hundred survives the maximum five-year tour. Fourth, other spies will watch you, and should you turn rogue, you'll die on their blades. So I must ask again: Do you want to become a spy
